Re: GRDGRADIENT

"J. Luis" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gis.gmt.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Except that your grid has the Z positive down so it's actually dipping SW

>
> Hi,
> I used grdgradient to determine the strike of downdip direction as per 
> the last suggestion from GMT-HELP:
>
> *grdgradient slabsurf2.grd=nf/-1 -D -Gslabslope.grd -M*
>
> I got the following results:
>
> -70.5395348837  -16.5490196078  224.041519165
> -70.4651162791  -16.5490196078  224.033538818
> -70.3906976744  -16.5490196078  223.925460815
> -70.3162790698  -16.5490196078  223.353469849
> -70.2418604651  -16.5490196078  222.613449097
> -70.1674418605  -16.5490196078  220.593399048
> -70.0930232558  -16.5490196078  218.752716064
> -70.0186046512  -16.5490196078  213.890182495
>
> Since the slab is subducting towards east at normal dip (30 degree)  
> and according to my slab image, the downdip direction in this 
> latitude/longitude range should be in the range of 20-80 degree but I 
> am getting more than 200 degree. I have also attached the my slab map 
> for the reference. I would grateful for any suggestion.
>
> Thanks
> Abhash kumar
> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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> *From:* J. Luis <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 20, 2014 6:35 PM
> *To:* World-Wide GMT Usage and Help Mailing List
> *Cc:* Mr Abhash Kumar
> *Subject:* Re: [GMT-HELP] GRDGRADIENT
>
> OK, I downloaded the SA slab from http://earthquake.usgs.gov/data/slab/
>
> cut a sub region, tested with GMT and Mirone, and had to dig in my 
> code to find out why grdgradient in Mirone is giving the right result 
> but not on command line. It turns out that (and I don't remember why) 
> one has to multiply z by -1 before computing the "aspect" (that is 
> what you are looking for).
> Note that you don't want the slope, so don't use -S . The following 
> gives the correct result
>
> grdgradient sam_slab.grd=nf/-1 -D -Gaspect.grd -M
>
> Joaquim
>
>
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I used grdgradient to calculate the strike of downdip direction at 
>> every grid point of the subducting slab:
>>
>>
>> *grdgradient slabsurf2.grd -Dn -Sslabgradient.grd -M -V*
>>
>>
>> I am getting the following results:
>>
>>
>> -69.9441860465  -17.0522875817  35.6361160278
>> -69.8697674419  -17.0522875817  36.5936279297
>> -69.7953488372  -17.0522875817  37.6132316589
>> -69.7209302326  -17.0522875817  38.6617622375
>> -69.6465116279  -17.0522875817  34.4591636658
>> -69.5720930233  -17.0522875817  31.943397522
>> -69.4976744186  -17.0522875817  31.6246490479
>> -69.423255814   -17.0522875817  30.8437995911
>>
>>
>> I roughly know that the strike of downdip direction should vary in 
>> the range of 30degree-120 degree in this region. Do I need to use 
>> some more functions to calculate the reasonable strike direction. I 
>> urgently need to calculate this and would be extremely grateful for 
>> any suggestions.
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Abhash kumar
>>
>> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
>>
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